WEBFeb 28, 2023 · The sea-mining company is now designing the much larger Patania III—the first of what the company hopes will be a fleet of full-scale mining robots that will hit the ocean floor around 2028.

WEBSep 3, 2021 · Industry proponents say deep sea mining is more environmentally friendly than land-based mining, making it the best option in the face of looming mineral shortages for electric vehicles and a...

WEBDec 5, 2019 · In deep-sea mining, a collector vehicle is sent to pick up these nodules from the deep seabed. The vehicle creates a sediment cloud known as a ‘collector plume,’ seen here in the foreground, that is then …

WEBSep 21, 2022 · A new field study reveals a previously unobserved fluid dynamic process that is key to assessing impact of deep-sea mining operations. The Launch and Recovery System deploying the Patania II …

WEBDeep-sea maneuvers. To collect polymetallic nodules, some mining companies are proposing to deploy tractor-sized vehicles to the bottom of the ocean. The vehicles would vacuum up the nodules along with some …

WEBAug 4, 2021 · The electric vehicle boom is driving a surge in demand for prized metals needed for batteries and other components. Some companies say the solution lies in mining the deep oceans, but...